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flag Climate change worsened 2024–2025 wildfire seasons across the Americas, causing record destruction and emissions.

flag Climate change intensified wildfire seasons across the Americas in 2024-2025, with burned areas 30 times above average and global fires covering 3.7 million km²—larger than India. flag Human-driven warming made extreme fires, including those in Los Angeles, Canada’s Jasper National Park, and Brazil’s Pantanal, far worse, leading to 100 million people exposed and $215 billion in damages. flag The Los Angeles fires killed 31, destroyed over 11,500 homes, and caused $140 billion in losses. flag Canada emitted over a billion tonnes of CO2 from fires for a second year, while Bolivia, Brazil, and Venezuela saw emissions 3 to 50% above average. flag In the Pantanal, fires were three times larger, emissions six times higher, and PM 2.5 levels reached 60 times the WHO limit. flag Scientists link climate change to increased fire risk, warning that without rapid emissions cuts, extreme fire seasons could occur every 15–20 years by 2100, but net-zero by 2070 could limit this to once per century.

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